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These plasma jets, the team notes, can be seen superimposed on top of one another when viewing the black hole from afar.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
If this scenario is the right fit for GRB 250702B, this would represent the first time astronomers have spotted an intermediate-mass black hole producing a plasma jet after ripping up a star.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The corona’s fluffy appearance is caused by short plasma jets called spicules.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
The highest-resolution data ever of a GRG revealed a complex interplay between the plasma jets and hot gas in the voids between galaxies in a cluster that is beyond current knowledge.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
An air compressor forces high-pressure air at a rate of 30 liters per minute into an ionization chamber in the device, which uses microwaves to convert this air stream into a plasma jet blasted out of a quartz tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020
These near-parallel strands seemed to be connecting the swirling lobes at the ends of the galaxy’s two plasma jets to each other.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
For over a century, astronomers have puzzled over solar spicules, the millions of plasma jets that cover the sun’s surface like whiskers.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019
These guns are designed to shoot plasma jets of ionized gas into the chamber, targeting, compressing, and heating a cloud of fusion fuel inside.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
If this scenario is the right fit for GRB 250702B, this would represent the first time astronomers have spotted an intermediate-mass black hole producing a plasma jet after ripping up a star.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The corona’s fluffy appearance is caused by short plasma jets called spicules.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
The highest-resolution data ever of a GRG revealed a complex interplay between the plasma jets and hot gas in the voids between galaxies in a cluster that is beyond current knowledge.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
An air compressor forces high-pressure air at a rate of 30 liters per minute into an ionization chamber in the device, which uses microwaves to convert this air stream into a plasma jet blasted out of a quartz tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020
These near-parallel strands seemed to be connecting the swirling lobes at the ends of the galaxy’s two plasma jets to each other.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
For over a century, astronomers have puzzled over solar spicules, the millions of plasma jets that cover the sun’s surface like whiskers.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019
These guns are designed to shoot plasma jets of ionized gas into the chamber, targeting, compressing, and heating a cloud of fusion fuel inside.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019
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“Plasma jet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plasma%20jet. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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